Hi Folks, I have a wonderful fuzzie that I'm looking for a special buddy for. Her name is "Bobbie" and through misadventure broke her back and became paraplegic back in December 2001 soon after she came to live with us (luckily her human family members are paramedic and nurse,respectively.). Our vet assured us that the prognosis would be good as long as we understood what was needed to care for a paraplegic animal. As we've been involved in care for human spinal injury patients,we had a good idea what we were in for.Our vet told us she was glad that we decided not to euthanize her as most people would find it overwhelming facing the possible amount of care involved. It's been a little over 6 months since the accident and it's heartwarming how well adjusted and happy Bobbie is now. Even though she has gotten back some movement in her back legs,neither her lower back or back legs can support her.BUT DON'T THINK THAT STOPS HER! her front legs have gotten quite strong and she manages to regularly pull herself around about as fast as I can walk. Bobbie also has 4 cat friends(3 of them really like her and 1 just tolerates her)and though they get along and can even share food,the kitties were used to their old buddy "uncle henry" a fully abled(and then some) ferret that adopted some stray street kittens that I thought I had adopted.These are now 3 of my cats and although I might even be so bold as to say that they seem to emulate and even identify as ferets or a ferret/feline mix and really love to play,the cats range in weight from 12 to 20 lbs. they're very lean and love to play hard,which was fine for old "uncle henry" who was clearly the alpha in my menagerie. Unfortunately,little Bobbie is a little more delicate and though she doesn't lack enthusiasm,the cats needed a bit of training to not play as hard as they were used to with Uncle Henry.So,now Bobbie would really like a friend who could play with her on her level.Since her recovery has gone so well and we've become so used to her special needs,we decided that we might try to adopt another ferret who has a spinal injury or maybe amputee(the additional work would be minimal). As my vet told me most otherwise healthy spinal injury ferrets were euthanized,I thought as we were going to adopt another fuzzie anyway why not adopt one that might be put down anyway or maybe have to spend an extended time in a shelter? So, if you are a vet or know someone in this difficult situation,I live in Seattle,WA and would be willing to travel as far as Spokane area to the west and as far as the California border(thereabouts) to the south. Please feel free to email me. Thank you, Will Laudanski & Bobbie(...& batman & robin & jackie & "7 of 9") [Posted in FML issue 3827]